English Words: B

31,241 words · Page 43 of 625

plural of blanket

A blanket, especially one used as a security blanket.

An instance of something being blanked out.

in a blank manner, especially showing no emotion or expression.

A surname.

A town and civil parish in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6857).

To play (a radio, recorded music, etc.) at extremely loud volume levels.

plural of blare

Any loud noise, such as from an elephant.

Mindless chatter.

To sound loudly or harshly; to cry out, wail, lament.

Alternative form of blasé.

To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.

One who commits blasphemy; a person who mocks or derides a deity or religion, or claims to be God.

blasphemingverb

present participle and gerund of blaspheme

Lacking piety or respect for the sacred; resembling blasphemy.

An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.

A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).

simple past and past participle of blast

Anything that, or anyone who blasts.

present participle and gerund of blast

The mammalian blastula.

Obvious, on show; unashamed; loudly obtrusive or offensive.

In a blatant manner; so as to be highly visible or obvious.

A surname from Old English.

To talk rapidly without making much sense.

Incoherent or foolish talk.

Blather; foolish talk.

A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.

Under the influence of marijuana, usually at a relatively high dose.

A semi-formal jacket.

plural of blaze

present participle and gerund of blaze

A verbal or written description of a coat of arms.

BLEname

Initialism of Bluetooth Low Energy.

A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.

Whitened; made white using bleach

One who, or that which, bleaches.

present participle and gerund of bleach

Without color; pale; pallid.

The characteristic of being bleak.

Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion.

The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.

present participle and gerund of bleat

An imitation of the sound of gagging, used to express disgust or disdain.

bledverb

simple past and past participle of bleed

A surname.

A surname from Dutch.

To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.

A person who is easily made to bleed, or who bleeds in unusually large amounts, particularly a hemophiliac.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter B contains 31,241 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 625 pages, and you are currently viewing page 43. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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